Clint Eastwood has composed Taya’s Theme, the main theme
music for his war drama American Sniper. The movie also features additional
music by Joseph DeBeasi who serves as the music editor on the project. Also
featured over the end credits sequence of the film is the track The Funeral
from the 1965 western The Return of Ringo composed by Ennio Morricone. I know a
lot of fans would have welcomed a full score from Morricone who last composed
for Eastwood in the 1993 thriller In the Line of Fire. American Sniper stars
Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Jake McDorman, Luke Grimes, Navid Negahan and
Keir O’Donnell. The movie tells the story of Chris Kyle, the most lethal sniper
in U.S. military history with the nickname “Legend” and 160 confirmed kills.
Jason Hall (Paranoia, Spread) has written the screenplay based on Kyle’s
autobiography. Cooper is also producing the project with Andrew Lazar (Space
Cowboys, 10 Things I Hate About You), Robert Lorenz (Mystic River, Trouble with
the Curve) and Peter Morgan (The Queen, Rush). The film was released on
December 25, 2014 and opens here in the UK next week on January 16th